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I’m in Thailand for a week or so to visit some martial arts suppliers and collect a few other samples, my Chinese phone won’t be working here and I will have patchy wireless access for checking my emails so please expect delays in my responses.

In the mean time if you require any specific products sourcing to export from Thailand please get in touch.

I have wanted to visit Canton Fair for about 4 years now, I was put off by two things in the past that had I known what I know now, would not have been an issue. Number one being getting a visa and number two being getting from Hong Kong airport to the Fair. I almost came here to the Fair in 2008 and I was trying to organise the trip through a Chinese agent. Continue reading →

“This is china” – a phrase used by western people living here. It means “This is pretty crazy right but hey don’t be suprised, your in china after all”. That just about sums up this place, culture shock doesn’t even cut it. I have been all over the world but this feels like another planet.

I landed in Hong Kong on friday and it’s been a mad rush and emotional roller coaster for the past 3 days. Losing my iPhone didn’t help, if you know me personally then please email your contact details to me on dan @ cassico.com.

I had to fly into HK for my visa which i had to wait overnight for. I have then travelled to Guangzhou which is my first port of call to start visiting factories on Monday. Pretty tired but can’t wait to start putting all this planning into action.

I have Just been for a meal with a friend of mine who lives here and met my guide/translator. Sorry for the lack of updates for the past 3 days but interestingly blogging, facebook and things like youtube are all banned in China so i had to sign up to an off shore server in order to log in – this is china! Here’s a few snaps from the last few days, afraid since I lost my iPhone all the good ones are gone.

From what I can see people here are either pretty poor or super rich, it’s a funny set up and you can see the social effect this has. There is a lot of fake stuff here, as you might expect, but I didn’t expect this level of blatant copies. I went to a roof top party on Friday night and there was a fake Rolls Royce phantom parked outside. Outside my hotel, a casual fake range rover sport. I just went to buy a new iphone from a legit looking apple dealer until my translator told me it was a copy. You could never tell, makes you wonder….

Living costs wise you can live for real cheap, but you can also spend big bucks. Apparently the average wage here is about £120 a month but my hotel was £160 on the first night so I guess I need to slip out of “Tourist” mode. A bottle of water is A few pence but in starbucks one will run you £2.60.

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What is Young Money China?

This is a personal Blog of me, Daniel Cassidy, a guy from Darlington in the North East of England who has been Importing products since 2002 and in my late twenties decided to move to China to expand on this type of business.

It expresses my own views, experiences and lessons i have learnt with the purpose of sharing the information with other like minded entrepreneurs.

It is not set out to be a guide on how to make money from china or how to import from china but I guess a lot of the information I share will help you do just that.

Im not an expert in business, Im an architect who liked wheeling and dealing more than designing buildings but what I do know has got me this far and will likely help you on your path too.

How can i work with YMC?

I really appreciate people taking the time to read what I write, i do enjoy sharing what i have learnt and I think the internet should be a place where people can learn how to live their dreams, I hope I have helped someone do that.

Obviously I am in business and although I write this blog for free I don't work for free.

I own 2 factories in China and I also run my trading company. Im pretty busy but I would be happy to speak to anyone who is looking to import from China who is genuine in their intentions, realistic about the process and has a minimum of $5000 usd to invest.